Cannabis

• Police seize $1.5M in illegal cannabis from Brampton grow operation

  Ontario police say nearly 4,000 cannabis plants were seized from an illegal grow operation in Brampton, with two men now facing charges.

  Cannabis

  Aug 12
  
• Ottawa pledges millions to study cannabis mental health, pregnancy impacts

  Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the group of 10 research teams across Canada will work together to study how cannabis affects the brain.

  Health

  Aug 12
  
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• Curaleaf looks to buy Aurora Cannabis, takes bid directly to shareholders

  U.S. company Curaleaf Holdings is launching an unsolicited takeover bid for Aurora Cannabis — a proposal the Edmonton-based company is discouraging shareholders from entertaining.

  Cannabis

  Aug 11
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• Quebec cannabis use is dropping, but how much depends on age range

  Cannabis has been slowly dropping in Quebec since being legalized nationally in 2018, with youth 15-20 being the most noticeable drop.

  Canada

  Apr 14
• N.S. premier calls First Nations protests that blocked highways unacceptable

  Potlotek First Nation says it rejects the RCMP's description of earlier protests as an "illegal blockade" — but didn't give specific legal rationale in a news release Saturday.

  Canada

  Apr 5
• First Nation blocks main highway to Halifax over cannabis crackdown

  A First Nation says it is blockading part of a main highway into Halifax to protest police raids against unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Indigenous communities.

  Cannabis

  Apr 2
• Winnipeg defence lawyer accused of smuggling cannabis into correctional centre

  A criminal defence lawyer is accused of trying to sneak cannabis into a correctional institution, according to a news release from Manitoba RCMP. 

  Crime

  Mar 31
• Air Canada employee swapped bag tags to traffic cannabis: RCMP

  RCMP say approximately 66 kilograms of cannabis was found in the checked bags of two German citizens, but it was later determined neither bag belonged to them.

  Crime

  Mar 30
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• N.S. RCMP issues more cannabis tickets as crackdown on First Nations stores continues

  Police allege hundreds of cannabis items had been packaged to resemble 'ordinary' products, such as candy, potato chips, cookies, chocolate bars and cereal.

  Crime

  Mar 17
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• N.S. First Nation tells government and RCMP to stay out of cannabis and tobacco sales

  An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a resolution declaring the province and RCMP have no authority to enforce cannabis laws on its lands.

  Cannabis

  Mar 14